Balanophora abbreviata Blume, Enum. Pl. Javae 1: 87 (1827) (syn: Acroblastum fawcettii (Elmer) Setch. ; Acroblastum insulare (Ridl.) Setch. ; Acroblastum pallens (Setch.) Sol. ex Setch. ; Acroblastum subglobosum (Elmer) Setch. ; Balaniella abbreviata (Blume) Tiegh. ; Balaniella alutacea (Jungh.) Tiegh. ; Balaniella distans Tiegh. ; Balaniella hildebrandtii (Rchb.f.) Tiegh. ; Balanophora alutacea Jungh. ; Balanophora cavaleriei H.Lév. ; Balanophora distans (Tiegh.) Harms ; Balanophora fawcettii Elmer ; Balanophora hildebrandtii Rchb.f. ; Balanophora insularis Ridl. ; Balanophora kainantensis Masam. ; Balanophora laosensis Lecomte ; Balanophora micrantha Warb. ; Balanophora pallens Setch. ; Balanophora subglobosa Elmer ; Balanophora trimera Tiegh. ; Balanophora zollingeri Fawc. );
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Congo, Comoros, Madagascar, Tropical Asia, Society Islands: Andaman Is., Assam, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Society Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;
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190825PKD2: Id pls collected From Gagapati Odisha on August 2025: 4 high res. images.
Balanophora sp.
Yes, this appears to be Balanophora abbreviata as per images at
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=4195229
https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraPeninsular/herbsheet.php?id=1804&cat=7
https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Dwarf%20Balanophora.html
https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/334553
http://www.phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Balanophora_abbreviata&rank=binomial
https://parasiticplants.siu.edu/Balanophoraceae/index.html
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life
https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/gallery?taxon_key=4195229
https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraPeninsular/herbsheet.php?id=1804&cat=7
https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Dwarf%20Balanophora.html
https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/334553
http://www.phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Balanophora_abbreviata&rank=binomial
https://parasiticplants.siu.edu/Balanophoraceae/index.html